Collar-ironing machine.



1.]. SELTENREICHl COLLAR IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18. 1911..

1 ,245,989. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. SELTENREIGI-I, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collar-Ironing Machines, of which the following, I taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in collar ironing machines and refers more particularly to the collar-shaping head and to the means for heating the same.

The primary object is to smooth the top or folded edge of over-turnedcollars after the latter have been ironed, for the purpose of freeing such edge from any roughness resulting from a breakage of the fiber of the fabric, and preventing irritation to the adjacent parts of the body of the wearer.

The specific object, therefore, of my in vention is to obviate these difficulties by making the head in the form of a substantially flat plate of rolled or cast metal which may be manufactured more economically and with less liability of flaws or imperfec-- tions, and to provide said head with a shallow collar-shaping groove or grooves, having its sides of substantially uniform depth,

thereby reducing the cost of milling and obviating the use of linings.

A further object is to provide the head with separate heating means, capable of being applied thereto in such manner as to heat the entire head to a uniform degree, thereby avoiding the dificulties attending .the manufacture of the heating chamber directly in the head. I

Other objects and uses will be brought out in the following description;

In the draw-ings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of one form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the head, taken on line 22, Fig. 3, omitting the heating shell and disclosing a collar support.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of a form of my invention in which the collar shaping plate is provided with a separate superposed heating chamber adapted to be heated by gas burners.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the same head taken on line M, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of seesaw 'reess e A CRPbRATIoN Specification of Letters Patent." .-..i. .3: iii-I 159135;

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another form of head in which the air chain-- ber'is'heated by an electric pad or plate.

The invention, as shown, comprises a substantially flat plate -1: with one or more,

in this instance two, comparatively shallow annular grooves 2-' opening from the under side of the plate and having their sides of practically uniform depth, the upper walls of the grooves being rounding in cross section to impart a similar form'to the folded edge of the collar, which isadapted to be pressed into the groove by any suitable supporting form, as A, Fig. 2, not

necessary toherein further illustrate or de scribe. l a V The plate 1 is provided at opposite ends thereof with suitable apertured lugs or feet 3 by which it may be rigidly secured to any suitable stationary frame, not necessary.

to herein illustrate or describe, said plate being also provided with an upwardly projecting marginal flange -4.- at the outside of the vertical plane of the grooves 2- v for retaining in place a comparatively shallow and fiat hollow heated shell 10 which rests upon the upper surface of the plate 1 in close contact therewith and is provided with a chamber 6.

The chamber 6 is heated by'gas supplied through a series of burners --11 disposed over and in close proximity to the upper side of the chamber direct their flame against the. upper wall thereof, and may be supplied with gas from any available source through a pipe 12 and header 13.

The opposite side walls of chamber 6-- may, if desired, be, provided with air inlet openings -14 having suitable closures 15 whereby, if the use of a heating agent, as steam, is omitted, a circulation of air through thevchamber 6 may be cre- 6 so as to ated and regulated to prevent overheating of the plate -1. i

In Fig. 5, an ironing device is shown very similar to that shown in the preceding fig ures except that instead of'using a gas burner, an electrically heated pad or plate -16- is employed which rests upon the upper surface of chamber 6 and may be supplied with currentfrom any suitable generator, not shown, said pad being prefer ably substantially coextensive with the area of the chamber '6.

Preferably, each of the grooves 2-' intercepted by a vertical opening -2 fer receiving the tabs on the ends of the collar so that the pressing operation is confined 5 to the folded edge.

What I claim is: c In a collar ironing machine, a head having a substantially circular groove in one face, a heating element separate" from but 10 in contact With said head upon the face opposite the one in which the groove is formed, an air chamber Within the heating element, and means for heating said element. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 5th day of December 1911. 15

JOHN J. SELTENREIGH.

Witnesses:

H. E. CHASE,

B. CALGUTT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 8. 

